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> Date: September 29, 2011 1:32:44 PM EDT
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> Subj: Today, Thursday, September 29, 2011
> September 29--Am I a good A.A.?
> This is September, the 9th month of the year;
> • The 9th Tradition: A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
> • The 9th Step: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
> • The 9th Promise: Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> Having got this far, shall we pause and ask ourselves some searching questions? We need to check up on ourselves periodically. Just how good an A.A. am I? Am I attending meetings regularly? Am I doing my share to carry the load? When there is something to be done, do I volunteer? Do I speak at meetings when asked, no matter how nervous I am? Do I accept each opportunity to do twelfth-step work as a challenge? Do I give freely of my time and money? Am I trying to spread A.A. wherever I go? Is my daily life a demonstration of A.A. principles? Am I a good A.A.?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> How do I get strength to be effective and to accept responsibility? By asking the Higher Power for the strength I need each day. It has been proved in count- less lives that for every day I live, the necessary power shall be given me. I must face each challenge that comes' to me during the day, sure that God will give me the strength to face it. For every task that is given me, there is also given me all the power necessary for the performance of that task. I do not need to hold back.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may accept every task as a challenge. I know I cannot wholly fail if God is with me.
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> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 1975, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This book was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Daytona Beach, Florida. I get the text from the following website: http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/0403EN.htm Note 4 numbers after “h24/”: the first two are the day of the month and the second two are the month. Example: To get daily reading for December 21st, you would change the URL to http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/2112EN.htm
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> The following is Excerpt No.244 from As Bill Sees It : “Toward Maturity”
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> Many oldsters who have put our A.A. "booze cure" to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. To attain this, we must develop real maturity & balance (which is to say, humility) in our relations with ourselves, with our fellows, & with God.
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> Grapevine January 1958
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> Let A.A. never be a closed corporation; let us never deny our experience, for whatever it may be worth, to the world around us. Let our individual members heed the call to every field of human endeavor. Let them carry the experience & spirit of A.A. into all these affairs for whatever good they may accomplish. For not only has God saved us from alcoholism; the world has received us back into its citizenship.
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> A.A. Comes Of Age p-232/233
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> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by Alcoholics Anonymous ®
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